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noble cane

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URedskin54 said:
Arkansas has been deploying the “foul everytime down because the refs won’t call that many fouls” defensive strategy and so far it has worked
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The officials did what was necessary to clean up the committee's mistake. Gonzaga was not a 1 seed... they should never be a 1 seed. Their schedule isnt tough enough down the stretch.
 
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URedskin54

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noble cane said:
The officials did what was necessary to clean up the committee's mistake. Gonzaga was not a 1 seed... they should never be a 1 seed. Their schedule isnt tough enough down the stretch.
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It wasn’t really a criticism. I think Tulsa under Haith worried about fouls way too much and always faced off against Cronin’s Cincinnati teams that would just beat the crap out of you knowing that officials will only call so many fouls
 
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URedskin54 said:
It wasn’t really a criticism. I think Tulsa under Haith worried about fouls way too much and always faced off against Cronin’s Cincinnati teams that would just beat the crap out of you knowing that officials will only call so many fouls
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True.. but, i also think that it has to do with star power and pace of play..

The officials cant keep up with the fast game and wont foul out tv studs.
 
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Josh Carlton was the softest post player ever while he was at UCONN. Now he’s borderline dominant. Kelvin Sampson
 
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Damn Houston. Are they playing in the Alamodome? I can imagine a bunch of Houston fans coming out of the woodwork trying to fill that joint on Saturday. They should have a decided home crowd advantage over 'Nova and a pretty favorable matchup with the next set of Wildcats
 
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I knew UH‘s 5 seed was way too low. They were a 2 seed. I hate them still but I’m pulling for them now. I had not watched Arizona during the year, heard how amazing they were, didn’t see it at all.
 
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The NCAA "brass" sleeps with, eats with, golfs with, worships with and just about lives with the higher ups at every major BIG 10 institution. FACT.

The BIG 10 SUCKS!!!!!
 
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Henry Kendall said:
I knew UH‘s 5 seed was way too low. They were a 2 seed. I hate them still but I’m pulling for them now. I had not watched Arizona during the year, heard how amazing they were, didn’t see it at all.
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I was rooting for AZ, having a degree from there. But damn if Houston isn’t really good this year. Agree they were criminally underseeded and I was afraid this could be a trap game for AZ, who I thought got lucky with a one seed. And it was.

Headed to Tucson tomorrow actually.
 
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Clong83a said:
I was rooting for AZ, having a degree from there. But damn if Houston isn’t really good this year. Agree they were criminally underseeded and I was afraid this could be a trap game for AZ, who I thought got lucky with a one seed. And it was.

Headed to Tucson tomorrow actually.
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Nearly totally new team as well.
 
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Houston lost a number of players from last year—transfers, out of eligibility, NBA, etc and then lost players this year to injuries. But Sampson pulled the team together and won and is still winning. Should be National Coach of the Year.

He lost 4 starters from last season (Quentin Grimes NBA, DeJon Jarreau NBA G League, Justin Gorham pro-overseas and Bryson Gresham Texas Southern) Those 4 had stats of 39.8 pts, 22.7 rebs and 7.8 assts per game last year at Houston.

This year he lost starters Marcus Sasser (17.7 pts, 43.7% 3-pts) after game 12 this year and Tramon Mark (10.1 pts) after game 7.

But he had brought in Kyler Edwards from Texas Tech (avg 14.1 pts and 6 rebs this season), Josh Carlton from UConn (avg 11.8 pts and 6.3 rebs this season) and Taze Moore from Cal St- Bakersfield (10.3 pts, 4.7 rebs and 2.9 assts this season).

Sampson is fantastic at finding talent and developing them. His players always seem to improve year-to-year. He recruits hard/nosed players and always plays tough defense. His players seem to win most loose balls battles.

He’s been named National Coach of the Year 4 times and been to the NCAA Tournament Final Four twice (maybe 3?). Whether you like Houston or not, Sampson is one heck of a coach. Besides, he married Karen Lowery (has good taste) lol
 
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Losing 4 players from last year's team is part of the game. It happens to everyone. However, losing 2 players to injuries off a team that is in the Elite 8 shows great coaching and recruiting to have that kind of depth. If those 2 players had remained healthy I think Houston would have been a 2 seed and favored to win it all.
 
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As much as I dislike arkansas, I dislike dukie even more...

So I hope arkansas wins by default...
 
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